Scenes of violence and protest have unfolded with brutal frequency across a divided America accustomed to viewing such news through the lens of race.

[Episcopal News Service] Scenes of violence and protest have unfolded with brutal frequency across a divided America accustomed to viewing such news through the lens of race.

Zika virus spreads to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. People can also get Zika through sex with a man infected with Zika and it can be spread from a pregnant women to her fetus.

The relief agency of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan, Sudra, is distributing relief items to hundreds of people who took refuge in churches in response to last month’s violence. Tens of thousands of people fled their homes when government and opposition forces clashed in and...

The decision to display a Black Lives Matter banner above the parish hall entrance did not come easily for the leadership of Calvary Episcopal Church, a historically black church with a reputation for social justice and action on the U.S. capital’s northeast side.

Pope Francis said Wednesday that "the world is at war" as he addressed the slaying of a Catholic priest by radical Islamists in France, but he stressed it was not a war of religion.

Episcopal Divinity School will cease to grant degrees at the end of the upcoming academic year, the seminary’s board of trustees decided July 21 on a 11-4 vote. During the next year, the board will explore options for EDS’s future, some of which were suggested by a specially convened Futures...

Nuns on the Bus attended the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and plan to make an appearance July 26-29 in Philadelphia, at the Democratic National Convention. Its theme is “Mend the Gaps, Reweave the Fabric of Society.”